"And were they locked this morning?"
"They were that, Sir."
The Attorney-General, who had been leaning forward, dropped back.
"Extraordinary!" he said. "The whole thing has the appearance of the supernatural."
"Nonsense!" said the Governor. "Vondy, do you know Mr. Gell, the Advocate?"
"I'm sorry to say, Sir...."
"Never mind about sorry—do you?"
"I do, Sir."
"When did you see him last?"
"At General Gaol, when he was out of himself, poor man, and we had to lock him up for threatening the Dempster."